Essays about: "Collective freedom"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 51 essays containing the words Collective freedom.

  1. 6. “ESTAMOS ESQUECIDOS”A case study for capabilities in the perspective of small-scale vegetable producers in Southeastern Brazil

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Bruno de Paula; [2022]
    Keywords : Small-scale producers; rural poverty; wellbeing; collective action; peasantry; quality of life; capabilities; food security; food production; family farmers; São Paulo; Brazil;

    Abstract : Global food supply chains have drastically changed over the last decades. Whereas some international firms embedded in the international markets are on the cutting edge of food production processes and technology, small-scale producers do not always experience the same opportunity in accessing such global value chains. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Ambiguity of Freedom in Politics : A Study of Danish Party Members' Perception of Freedom in Politics

    University essay from

    Author : Christina Nellemann Sørensen; [2022]
    Keywords : Freedom; Politics; Sustainability; Individual freedom; Collective freedom; Denmark;

    Abstract : The concept freedom is frequently used in political discussions without awareness of the multiple meanings it potentially contains. In order to act on today’s climate challenge, freedom has come to play an essential role as something we either have to sacrifice or insist on protecting. READ MORE

  4. 8. A sovereign abode – Democracy, discipline and deliberation in a Swedish housing association from 1943 to the present

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Marcus Schmidt; [2021]
    Keywords : Autonomy; civil society; collective decision-making; freedom; Hannah Arendt; Jürgen Habermas.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since its inception, the discipline of sociology has struggled to bridge the gap between structure and agency. How is it that individuals can be free whilst also part of a larger context that determines their actions? This study aims to make a small contribution towards solving this conundrum. READ MORE

  5. 9. Resisting work : Collective perspectives onequality and liberation

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Cameron Fetterplace; [2021]
    Keywords : wage-work; resistance; social reproduction; qualitative surveys; feminist work-critique;

    Abstract : Wage work, as a norm and institution, is more and more obviously incapable of fulfilling its promises: for gender equality, social integration, meaning, or even equitably meeting our basic needs. Yet, despite struggles for more, less, or better work, there is minimal public protest against work itself. READ MORE

  6. 10. How Covid-19 has affected thepsychosocial work environmentfor gig-workers in the fooddelivery sector : A qualitative interview study

    University essay from KTH/Ergonomi

    Author : Martin Tairi; [2021]
    Keywords : gig economy; foodora; platform economy; gig work; platform work; psychosocial stress; gigekonomi; foodora; plattformsekonomi; gigarbete; platformarbete; psykosocial stress;

    Abstract : The topic of gig-work has been widely debated in the western world for its laborrights and work environment issues. Whereas companies operating within thegig-economy boast the freedom and flexibility of gig-work as perks for workers,unions highlight the precarious nature and poor working conditions of gig-workas exploitative of workers and push for unionizing gig-workers and getting themcovered by collective bargaining agreements. READ MORE